Section: US & Canada
Russian soldiers taken prisoner in eastern Ukraine transferred to Kyiv
Two Russian soldiers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine are being transported to the capital, Kyiv, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Monday. …read more Source: CTV...
Russian troops captured in Ukraine transferred to capital
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Russian officers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine are being transported to the capital, Kiev, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Monday. …read more Source: CNS...
Crimean Tatars Mark Anniversary Of Deportations
Crimean Tatars in Ukraine are marking the 71st anniversary of a mass deportation, ordered by Soviet leader Josef Stalin, which displaced around 200,000 people and cost many thousands of lives. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Russian soldier said captured in Ukraine admits on video to spying mission
KIEV (Reuters) – One of two Russian servicemen Ukraine says it captured while fighting with separatists in eastern Ukraine admitted on a video… …read more Source:...
Russian troops captured in Ukraine transferred to capital
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Russian officers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine are being transported to the capital, Kiev, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Monday. Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine have been fighting government troops for a year, and Russia has vehemently denied it is supplying them either with...
Russian troops captured in Ukraine transferred to capital
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Russian officers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine are being transported to the capital, Kiev, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Monday. …read more Source: U.S....
Ukraine Marks Anniversary of Crimean Tatar Deportations
Events are being held in Ukraine to mark the 71st anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars. Around 180,000 Tatars were deported to Central Asia by Stalin in 1944. Many returned in the 1980s and 1990s, but have complained of discrimination and abuses since Russia illegally annexed Crimea last year. At an event in Kyiv on May 17, people...
Russian troops captured in Ukraine transferred to capital
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Russian officers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine are being transported to the capital, Kiev, a Ukrainian military spokesman said Monday…. …read more Source: Associated...
Russian troops captured in Ukraine transferred to capital
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Russian officers captured while fighting in war-torn eastern Ukraine are being transported to the capital, Kiev, a… …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis: ‘Russian special forces’ captured
Ukraine’s military says its forces have captured two Russian soldiers fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine. The troops were seized in the town of Shchastya, near the line of separation. A video emerged apparently showing one of the soldiers – which it said were members of Russia’s elite special forces – saying during questioning...
